January was great, got the car back to McGregor Motorsport and drove it into the garage….wow! The plan was to get the entire car finished before taking it back to be dyno tuned at SPEC Performance. I created a little more chaos by deciding the return to the stage with BEYOND 60 a dance performance of my last 20 years in Japan. I think it must be a first with Taz rehearsing in the McGregor Motorsport workshop while we are working on the car.
The three weeks in January and February everything just went like clockwork, the body is all on, wiring all completed and now it sits happily at Canterbury Upholstery
https://www.canterburyupholstery.co.nz/
COVID 19 strikes the world and suddenly we are all in situations never expected or believed could happen. New Zealand responded like no other country with “Hits it Hard and Hit it Fast” and the results and resilience of the “Team of 5 Million” accepted lockdowns and business to come to a virtual stop.
McGregor Motorsport was if course totally caught, but 100% supportive in arresting the COVID spread. With only essential workers a grim winter was ahead. I could not leave Japan, re-entry was only allowed for Japanese citizens even though I was a 22 year Permanent Resident…times looked grim
Finally on 5th October I was able to apply for a place in the New Zealand Two week Hotel isolation and tickets were booked for 21st November. This news gave the team at McGregor Motorsport and time schedule for a possible Xmas on road test in GEORGE. The LVVTA was slower than usual like most of New Zealand due to COVID so January 2021 became the goal for completion. Actually, quite nice to have a 2021 New Car.